Poems on several occasions with Valentinian [T95235]
- DMI number:
- 130
- Publication Date:
- 1705
- Volume Number:
- 1 of 1
- ESTC number:
- T95235
- EEBO/ECCO link:
- CW113288114
- Shelfmark:
- BOD Vet. A4 e.793
- Full Title:
- POEMS | [i]On Several Occasion:[/i] | WITH | Valentinian; | A | TRAGEDY. | [rule] | Written by the Right Honourable | [i]JOHN[/i], late Earl of [i]Rochester[/i]. | [rule] | [i]LONDON[/i], | Printed for [i]Jacob Tonson[/i], within [i]Grays-Inn[/i] | Gate next [i]Grays-Inn[/i] Lane. 1705.
- Place of Publication:
- London
- Genres:
- Collection of 17th century verse, Miscellany dominated by poet, and Probably not a miscellany
- Format:
- Octavo
- Pagination:
- pp. [8], i-xvi, [6], 1-223 [1].
- Bibliographic details:
- Mispagination: p.48 mispaginated as 32. In Bod Vet. A4 e.793 A leaf has been removed pp. 59-60 (the catchwords do not follow - 'CON' on p.58 leads into 'A Song' on p.61 - and a leaf from the gathering E5-8 is missing. BOD Vet. A4 e.793 has nameplate for 'Charles Vere Dashwood Esq.' on inside cover; nameplate for 'Rich. Dashwood Esq.' on final page of preface.
- Comments:
- Contents: Also includes 'Alexander Bendo's Bill' pp. 135-149; 'Valentinian: A Tragedy' pp. 151-224 (title-page on p. 151). Latin verse on even pages pp. 106-116, and 120.
- Other matter:
- 'The preface to the reader' (including a passage from Boileau, with translations by Mr. Oldham and Rochester); 'A Pastoral, in Imitation of the Greek of Moschus; Bewailing the death of the Earl of Rochester'; table of contents.
- Title:
- Poems on several occasions with Valentinian [T95236]
- Publication Date:
- 1710
- ESTC No:
- T95236
- Volume:
- 1 of 1
- Relationship:
- Unknown
- Comments:
- Title:
- Poems, &c. on several occasions with Valentinian a tragedy [ESTC R1390]
- Publication Date:
- 1691
- ESTC No:
- R1390
- Volume:
- 1 of 1
- Relationship:
- Another Edition of
- Comments:
- Title:
- Poems, &c. on several occasions with Valentinian a tragedy [ESTC R35149]
- Publication Date:
- 1696
- ESTC No:
- R35149
- Volume:
- 1 of 1
- Relationship:
- Another Edition of
- Comments:
- Author:
- John Wilmot
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Publisher:
- Jacob Tonson
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- 'Printed for Jacob Tonson, within Grays-Inn Gate next Grays-Inn Lane.'
- First Line:
- Mourn all ye groves in darker shades be seen
- Page No:
- pp.i-xvi
- Poem Title:
- A Pastoral, in Imitation of the Greek of Moschus; Bewailing the Death of the Earl of Rochester.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Prithee now fond fool give over
- Page No:
- pp.1-6
- Poem Title:
- A Dialogue between Strephon and Daphne.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name.
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- First Line:
- There sighs not on the plain
- Page No:
- pp.7-12
- Poem Title:
- A Pastoral Dialogue between Alexis and Strephon. Written at the Bath, in the Year 1674.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name.
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- First Line:
- All things submit themselves to your command
- Page No:
- pp.13-15
- Poem Title:
- The Advice.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name.
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- First Line:
- Celia that faithful servant you disown
- Page No:
- pp.16-18
- Poem Title:
- The Discovery.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name.
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- First Line:
- Love bid me hope and I obeyed
- Page No:
- pp.19-20
- Poem Title:
- Woman's Honour. A Song.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name.
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- First Line:
- The utmost grace the Greeks could show
- Page No:
- p.21
- Poem Title:
- Grecian Kindness. A Song.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name.
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- First Line:
- An age in her embraces passed
- Page No:
- pp.22-24
- Poem Title:
- The Mistress. A Song.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name.
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- First Line:
- Absent from thee I languish still
- Page No:
- pp.25-26
- Poem Title:
- A Song.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name.
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- First Line:
- What cruel pains Corinna takes
- Page No:
- pp.27-28
- Poem Title:
- To Corinna. A Song.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name.
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- First Line:
- Ancient person for whom I
- Page No:
- pp.29-30
- Poem Title:
- A Song Of a Young Lady, to Her Ancient Lover.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name.
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- First Line:
- Phillis be gentler I advise
- Page No:
- pp.31-32
- Poem Title:
- A Song.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name.
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- First Line:
- Such perfect bliss fair Chloris we
- Page No:
- pp.33-35
- Poem Title:
- To a Lady, in a Letter.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name.
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- First Line:
- How blessed was the created state
- Page No:
- pp.36-37
- Poem Title:
- The Fall. A Song.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name.
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- First Line:
- All my past life is mine no more
- Page No:
- pp.38-39
- Poem Title:
- Love and Life. A Song.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name.
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- First Line:
- While on those lovely looks I gaze
- Page No:
- pp.40-41
- Poem Title:
- A Song.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name.
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- First Line:
- Love a woman you're an ass
- Page No:
- p.42
- Poem Title:
- A Song.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name.
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- First Line:
- To this moment a rebel I throw down my arms
- Page No:
- pp.43-45
- Poem Title:
- A Song.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name.
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- First Line:
- Tis not that I am weary grown
- Page No:
- pp.46-47
- Poem Title:
- Upon his Leaving his Mistress.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name.
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- First Line:
- Vulcan contrive me such a cup
- Page No:
- pp.32 [i.e. 48]-49
- Poem Title:
- Upon Drinking in a Bowl.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name.
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- First Line:
- As Chloris full of harmless thoughts
- Page No:
- pp.50-51
- Poem Title:
- A Song.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name.
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- First Line:
- Give me leave to rail at you
- Page No:
- pp.52-53
- Poem Title:
- A Song.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name.
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- First Line:
- Nothing adds to your fond fire
- Page No:
- pp.53-55
- Poem Title:
- The Answer.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name.
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- First Line:
- Fair Chloris in a pig-sty lay
- Page No:
- pp.56-58
- Poem Title:
- A Song, to Chloris.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name.
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- First Line:
- I cannot change as others do
- Page No:
- pp.59-60
- Poem Title:
- Constancy. A Song.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name.
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- First Line:
- My dear mistress has a heart
- Page No:
- p.61
- Poem Title:
- A Song.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- First Line:
- Chloe by your command in verse I write
- Page No:
- pp.62-77
- Poem Title:
- A Letter from Artemisia in the Town, to Chloe in the Country.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name.
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- First Line:
- Dear friend | I hear this town does so abound
- Page No:
- pp.78-84
- Poem Title:
- An Epistolary Essay, from M.G. to O.B. Upon their mutual Poems.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name.
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- First Line:
- Were I who to my cost already am
- Page No:
- pp.85-95
- Poem Title:
- A Satyr against Mankind.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name.
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- First Line:
- As some brave admiral in former war
- Page No:
- pp.96-99
- Poem Title:
- The Maim'd Debauchee.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name.
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- First Line:
- Nothing thou elder brother even to shade
- Page No:
- p.100.00pp.100-104
- Poem Title:
- Upon Nothing.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name.
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- First Line:
- The gods by right of nature must possess
- Page No:
- p.105
- Poem Title:
- Lucretius, in his first book, has these lines. [6 lines of Latin beginning 'Omnis enim per se Divum Natura necesse est'] Thus Translated.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name.
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- First Line:
- O love how cold and slow to take my part
- Page No:
- pp.107-113
- Poem Title:
- The Ninth Elegy, in the Second Book of Ovid's Amours, Translated. To Love.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name.
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- First Line:
- After death nothing is and nothing death
- Page No:
- pp.115-117
- Poem Title:
- The latter End of the Chorus of the Second Act of Seneca's Troas, Translated.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name.
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- First Line:
- Virtue's triumphant shrine who dost engage
- Page No:
- pp.118-119
- Poem Title:
- To His Sacred Majesty, On His Restoration, In the Year 1660. (Written at Twelve Years old.)
- Attribution:
- Rochester Wadh. Coll.
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- First Line:
- Respite great queen your just and hasty fears
- Page No:
- pp.121-124
- Poem Title:
- To Her Sacred Majesty, the Queen-Mother, On the Death of Mary, Princess of Orange. (Written at Twelve Years old.)
- Attribution:
- Rochester, of Wadham College
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- First Line:
- Some few from wit have this true maxim got
- Page No:
- pp.125-126
- Poem Title:
- An Epilogue.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name.
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- First Line:
- As charms are nonsense nonsense seems a charm
- Page No:
- pp.127-130
- Poem Title:
- Epilogue.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name.
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- First Line:
- Wit has of late took up a trick t'appear
- Page No:
- pp.131-134
- Poem Title:
- A Prologue, Spoken at the Court at White-Hall, before King Charles II. By the lady Elizabeth Howard.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name.
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- First Line:
- With that assurance we today address
- Page No:
- [2pp.]
- Poem Title:
- Prologue, Spoken by Mrs. Cook, the First Day.
- Attribution:
- Written by Mrs. Behn.
- Attributed To:
- Aphra Behn
- First Line:
- Tis not your easiness to give applause
- Page No:
- [2pp.]
- Poem Title:
- Prologue to Valentinian. Spoken by Mrs. Cook, the Second Day.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Now would you have me rail swell and look big
- Page No:
- [3pp.]
- Poem Title:
- Prologue, Intended for Valentinian, To be Spoken by Mrs. Barrey.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Tis well the scene is laid remote from hence
- Page No:
- [1pp]
- Poem Title:
- Epilogue.
- Attribution:
- Written by a Person of Quality.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
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